The document outlines guidelines for students to create screencasts on different aspects of the mixing process. It discusses four main categories of mixing that students will focus on: 1) instrument grouping and routing, 2) multi-microphone drum recording and editing, 3) EQ and compression application, and 4) the overall screencast production process from planning to final playback. Students are assigned to specific categories and provided directions on content and the sequence of screencast creation from planning to recording to final output.

1. ScreencastThemes+general initial approach. The Three Main Categories etc.

2. What follows outlines… 1. The three aspects of mixing that are to be screncasted. 2. The particular students assigned to the various categories. 3. Guide lines as to content. 4. A descriptor of sequence from focused planning to the finished QT movie playback.

3. Preparing for the Mix. Forming categories of instruments. Making groups. Internal bus routing to stem mix auxiliary tracks.

4. Multi-microphone recording of drums. Panning. Time alignment. Phase integrity.

5. Application of EQ and Compression. General strategy. Implementation. Influence of process parameters.

6. Screencast production sequence 1. Focus on your assigned aspect of the Mix process. Reflect on the concepts and theories as presented in class/lab and blend these with your own personal experience. Plan and design a story board of both dialogue and screen moves that best demonstrates your learning in this aspect of the module.

7. Screencast production sequence 2. Implement this plan by firstly recording a tailored screencast. The resulting .mov file should subsequently be imported into an appropriate Pro Tools session. Asynchronised ‘voice over’ is then recorded, edited and processed as required and subsequently bounced to the video.

8. Screencast production sequence 3. The screencast should then be verified as a ‘playable’ Quick Time movie.